Brandon United

⚽ BRANDON UNITED FC – CHAIRMAN’S UPDATE

The 2026/27 season feels really close. Today I attended the Wearside League AGM, where the league welcomed several new teams, grassroots Football in our area looks stronger than ever.

After a busy summer of planning and preparation, we are now looking forward to another season in the Wearside Premier League.

We’ve been working hard on and off the pitch and over the coming days and weeks, we will be announcing a number of exciting developments, including:

🔴 New signings
⚫ New sponsors
🔴 Ground and facility improvements at The Welfare Ground

None of this would be possible without your continued support.

We really appreciate our volunteers, players, supporters and visitors and can’t wait for our pre season friendlies and the start of the new season in August.

Stay tuned and best wishes.

Malcolm Clarke
Chairman

⚽️ PRE-SEASON 2026 CONFIRMED ⚽️

The road to the 2026/27 season starts here.

We’re pleased to announce our programme of pre-season friendlies as preparations begin for another campaign in the Wearside League Premier Division.

📅 Fixtures

🔴 Darlington U23
🗓 Saturday 4 July (H) – 2:00pm

🔴 Coxhoe Athletic
🗓 Tuesday 7 July (H) – 7:30pm

🔴 Linthorpe AFC
🗓 Saturday 11 July (A) – 1:30pm

🔴 Middlestone Moor FC
🗓 Saturday 18 July (H) – 1:30pm

🔴 Tees FC
🗓 Saturday 25 July (H) – 2:00pm

Pre-season is about much more than fitness.

It’s an opportunity to bring players together, build team spirit, reset and strengthen the culture around the club and develop the style of play we want to take into the new season.

It gives new and returning players the chance to understand what it means to represent Brandon United and lays the foundations for the months ahead.

We look forward to welcoming supporters back to the Welfare Ground throughout July as we continue building towards the new campaign.

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🌱⚽ Groundsman Appreciation Post - Stig 👏🏻👏🏻 ⚽🌱

A huge thank you to Stephen Atkinson “Stig” who has single handedly looked after the Welfare Ground throughout the season.

With two senior teams regularly using the pitch, keeping the surface in top condition takes a huge amount of hard work, dedication and countless hours behind the scenes.

The pitch continues to receive compliments from visiting teams and officials on how well it looks and plays, which is a credit to the effort that goes into maintaining it week after week.

The work never stops and preparations for the new season are already well underway. Looking at the pitch today, it’s already shaping up nicely for another busy year ahead.

Thank you for everything you do for Brandon United.

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🏆 PROMOTED 🏆

Brandon United Women have officially secured promotion from the DCFA Division 1 to the DCFA Premier League in only their second season together.

An incredible achievement for everyone involved, adding to the recent success of reaching and winning a cup final during another outstanding campaign for the club.

Massive congratulations to the players, Michael and Steve the coaches, volunteers, supporters and everyone who has played a part in the journey so far.

A lot of hard work has gone into building this team both on and off the pitch and this promotion is thoroughly deserved.

The challenge now moves to the Premier League and we can’t wait for what comes next.

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🏆 CUP WINNERS 🏆

Brandon United Women — Durham FA County Cup winners 2025/26.
The club’s first ever trophy, in only the team’s second season. Still 2nd in the league with games to play. The promotion charge continues.

Everyone take a bow. 🔴

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Unfortunately, one of the floodlights at the Welfare Ground has blown down again following recent weather conditions.

Thankfully nobody was injured, but the damage means we now face another unexpected repair and safety job at the ground.

As always, we’ll work quickly to make the area safe and assess the next steps to get everything back up and running properly.

Running a grassroots football club comes with constant challenges behind the scenes and moments like this are a reminder of the work required just to keep facilities operating week in, week out.

We’d like to thank everyone who continues to support Brandon United through it all, volunteers, supporters, players, sponsors, and the wider community.

⚽ PRE-SEASON UPDATE – MEN

Planning for pre-season is well underway behind the scenes for our men’s 26/27 Wearside Premier League campaign.

A number of fixtures have already been confirmed, with the full schedule to be announced in due course.

We’re looking forward to getting back on the pitch and continuing to build towards the new campaign.

Further details to follow soon.

🌱 Post Season Pitch Work ⚽

As the season comes to an end, attention now turns to the pitch. Our Women team are still fighting for promotion, once finished we focus on the pitch.

Work is due to start in the next month on our post-season maintenance programme to give the surface the best possible chance ahead of next season.

A lot goes on behind the scenes at this time of year, repairs and general upkeep, all with the aim of providing a surface the players and supporters can be proud of.

Thank you, as always, to Stig our fantastic groundsman and everyone giving up their time to keep the club moving forward.

We do it all again in August for the 26/27 season.

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Full-Time | Seaton Carew 5 – 2 Brandon United

A difficult start for Brandon this afternoon, kicking off with ten men due to late arrivals and finding ourselves 3–0 down inside the opening 20 minutes. The hosts extended that lead to 5–0 by half-time.

To the lads’ credit, the second half was a completely different performance. We showed much more organisation, effort and quality, pulling two goals back through Hopde “Pete” Burrows and finishing the game strongly.

Congratulations to Seaton Carew on securing the Wearside League Premier Division title – a consistent season and fully deserved.

Finally, thank you to all our players, volunteers, sponsors, supporters and management team who have played their part this season. Your support has not gone unnoticed.

We’ll regroup over the summer and look to come back stronger in pre-season.

Enjoy the break.

⚽️ MATCHDAY ⚽️

In the final game of the season Brandon United travel to Seaton Carew today, with plenty riding on it for the hosts. A win would see Seaton Carew crowned league champions.

📅 Saturday 18th April
⏰ 14:00 Kick Off
📍 DCD Teamwear Arena, Hornby Park, Elizabeth Way, Seaton Carew, Hartlepool (TS25 2AZ)
🏆 Wearside League Premier Division
🎟 £4 Adults | £2 Children & Concessions

For Brandon, it’s about finishing the season properly and putting in a performance that reflects the effort that’s gone in behind the scenes.

We’d like to thank everyone who has supported the club this season

Our supporters, sponsors, volunteers, players, management, and everyone who has played their part. It hasn’t been easy, but the backing has never gone unnoticed.

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